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MRP Software For Metal Fabrication
Material arrives with heat numbers and mill certificates that have to reach the paperwork leaving with the finished work.
Operational Characteristics
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Material is bought in stock sizes and cut down, so what is issued rarely matches what was bought in shape or quantity.
- 2.
Heat numbers and mill certificates follow the material and have to end up on the paperwork that leaves with the goods.
- 3.
Finishing — galvanising, painting, heat treatment — usually goes out and comes back.
- 4.
Weld procedure and welder qualification are records somebody will eventually ask to see.
Common Control Gaps
Heat Numbers That Stop At The Rack
The certificate is filed on receipt. Which heat went into each fabrication can be difficult to establish without recorded material issues.
Offcuts That Exist On The Floor And Not In The System
A remnant is put back on the rack and used next week. The stock ledger never knew, so the next purchase suggestion is wrong.
Subcontract Work Without A Clear Status
Parts go out for galvanising. The job is neither in the building nor finished, and the schedule treats it as though it is still on a work centre here.
Relevant Capabilities
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Lot and heat traceability
Lot history runs from receipt through issue and production to despatch, and the certificate of conformity walks that chain on one page. - 2.
Subcontract operations
Finishing is a routing operation with a consignment out and a receipt back, kept off your own capacity board. - 3.
Stock, purchasing and receiving
Locations, lots and heats are recorded on receipt, and every movement carries the cost that later values the job.
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